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Colbert Report Hosting Week of Hobbit-Themed Shows

Here’s something you probably already knew about Stephen Colbert: He’s a massive J.R.R. Tolkien devotee. He’s such a fan that he recently flew to New Zealand to visit the set of The Hobbit (and film a cameo appearance), and he speaks Elvish pretty fluently. That’s why it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to learn that Colbert is hosting a week of The Hobbit-themed programming from Dec. 3 to Dec. 6 in anticipation of the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

“Elen sila lumenn‘ omentielvo,” Colbert said in his announcement to Entertainment Weekly, the Elvish phrase translating to, “A star shines upon the hour of our meeting.” He continued, “I mean that sincerely.”

The exact details of the programming block haven’t been revealed, but he will be speaking with some exciting guests from the movie. Ian McKellen will appear on The Colbert Report on Dec. 3, Martin Freeman on Dec. 4, Peter Jackson on Dec. 5 and Andy Serkis on Dec. 6.

Colbert reportedly won’t appear in An Unexpected Journey, which opens Dec. 14, but his cameo at least is confirmed. That means we can expect him in either The Desolation of Smaug, which opens on Dec. 13, 2013, or in There and Back Again, which is due on July 18, 2014. It also gives us time to figure out who he is playing, since that information has not been revealed yet.